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Baia-me in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages

YEAR: 1875
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or for all the operations of Bhaia-mi to man, and from man to Bhaia-mi." For my own part, before seeing what Mr. Gttnther and Mr. Greenway had written, I heard of Baia-me from the Aborigines on the Namoi and Barwan. Many of them, when asked concerning any object, such as as the river, trees, sun, stars, &c, — who made these ? uniformly and readily replied " Baiame." And many of them have said to me in answer to questions about him, — as old King Bory of Gingi did in 1871, — " Kamil naia nummi Baiame ; naia winunulda (I have not seen Baiame ; I hear him)." In Pikumbul, Baiame is called Anambu, and by some Minumbu. The Wailwun.

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Baia-me in Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages

or for all the operations of Bhaia-mi to man, and from man to Bhaia-mi." For my own part, before seeing what Mr. Gttnther and Mr. Greenway had written, I heard of Baia-me from the Aborigines on the Namoi and Barwan. Many of them, when asked concerning any object, such as as the river, trees, sun, s…

Record ID: 2,067
Year: 1,875
Source: Internet Archive
Index status: Archive detail (not indexed)

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Record ID: 2067
Source: Internet Archive
Publication: Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages; William Ridley
Published: 1875
Narrative type: Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label: Baia-me
Archive period: Gold Rush Colonial
Location: Kamilaroi country, NSW/QLD: B
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or for all the operations of Bhaia-mi to man, and from man to Bhaia-mi." For my own part, before seeing what Mr. Gttnther and Mr. Greenway had written, I heard of Baia-me from the Aborigines on the Namoi and Barwan. Many of them, when asked concerning any object, such as as the river, trees, sun, stars, &c, — who made these ? uniformly and readily replied " Baiame." And many of them have said to me in answer to questions about him, — as old King Bory of Gingi did in 1871, — " Kamil naia nummi Baiame ; naia winunulda (I have not seen Baiame ; I hear him)." In Pikumbul, Baiame is called Anambu, and by some Minumbu. The Wailwun.

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